Ha Giang, Vietnam News

Geographer Vu Cao Minh from the Geography Institute, who has spent many years conducting research in the area, talks about the areaa TMs potential for tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge a ' According to the Veterinary Agency, the foot-and-mouth epidemic is spreading in many provinces.

Rising from the rice fields of Ha Giang Province, Tha Hamlet offers a glimpse of rural northern life.

Cardamon develops and yields fruit under a leafy canopy of trees in natural forests in the mountainous districts of Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Ha Giang, Yen Bai and Son La provinces.

A trip to Mu Cang Chai District reminds one of the Robert Frost poem: "Two roads diverged in a wood/And I took the one less traveled by/And that has made all the difference." Mu Cang Chai in Yen Bai Province, about 350 kilometers from Hanoi and 1,000 meters above sea level, is unique and not well-known to foreign travelers - " the perfect place to ...

CAO BANG, Vietnam, Oct 2 - A drunk man slaps his wife, she hits the ground and the audience of mainly women laughs.

The foot-and-mouth disease in livestock occurred in the northern Ha Giang province of Vietnam, bringing the total infected provinces in the country to 12, according to the department of animal health of Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Tuesday.

New footage of the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey in the forests of Vietnam Two of the world's rarest primates are to be helped by the creation of new nature reserves in south-east Asia.

" The snub nosed Tonkin monkey, once thought to be extinct, is to get a boost with the approval of a 2000 hectare reserve in Ha Giang.

A local principal in the northern province of Ha Giang is now under investigation for allegedly forcing schoolgirls to have sex with him, a local official said on Friday.

Government officials and experts in the northern province of Ha Giang are working on documents for submission to UNESCO for recognising Dong Van Stone Plateau as a world geological park.

Forty photographs depicting the exotic hues of weekend markets in the mountainous northwestern region are on display at an exhibition in HCM City.

Ma Le commune in Ha Giang province is inhabited by a colourful community of Giay ethnic people, who cling to traditional ways and shun modern medicine.

" The H'Mong girl took the scarf from off her head and sat down on the grass on the river bank.

" The H'Mong girl took the scarf from off her head and sat down on the grass on the river bank.

" Lung Cu, on a plateau in Vietnam's far north, has been networked to the world through the Internet since early 2008.

" Lung Cu, on a plateau in Vietnam's far north, has been networked to the world through the Internet since early 2008.

VietNamNet Bridge a ' As most of the natural area on the stone plateau of the northern mountainous Ha Giang province is rocky mountain, local ethnic minority people earn most of their income from animal husbandry, especially the breeding of cows.

VietNamNet Bridge a ' Storm No. 5, or Molave, weakened to become a tropical depression on July 19, causing downpours in many northern provinces of Vietnam like Cao Bang, Tuyen Quang and Ha Giang.

In contrast to the overall economy's growth, investment in the agricultural and rural sector has been falling off in recent years.